Job Description: The Senior Research Manager will oversee all research activities for the Mount Sinai Parenting Center. The position requires the ability to understand and map the landscape of parenting research related to the healthcare environment. The manager will be integral to all Parenting Center curricular and program initiatives by defining research questions, determining strategies for collection and analysis of data, overseeing data analysis, and producing material for publication. They will also be expected to assist with necessary timelines, staffing plans and budgeting to ensure that the research is carried out in an effective manner. They will manage Parenting Center research done in collaboration with outside entities. Additionally, they will identify potential grants and participate in grant writing activities and prepare materials for presentation to funders as needed. They will document research strategies that are necessary for publication in scientific journals or reports to stakeholders. The manager will report to the Director of Research, Dr. Rosalind Wright, MD, MPH, and the Executive Director, Carrie Quinn, MD.

Other responsibilities will include:

Manage part-time research coordinator

Design and oversee research protocols including IRB submissions

Qualitative and quantitative data analysis

Write and submit abstracts and manuscripts

Design research for presentations at local and national conferences and for funders

Update team on research progress and initiatives

Background: The Mount Sinai Parenting Center is located in the Department of Pediatrics in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Center’s mission is to transform the delivery of pediatric healthcare nationwide by educating healthcare providers to promote strong parent-child relationships, offering services for patients and families in need and conducting research to advance scientific knowledge. The Center is currently developing a self-directed, online, pediatric residency parenting curriculum which will be evaluated over the next three years. In addition we are creating a hospital wide training program to support strong parent-child relationships and wish to measure its effect on healthcare providers and families.

The Mount Sinai Parenting Center aims to transform pediatric healthcare and foster the health and resilience of all children by promoting strong parent-child relationships, training healthcare providers, designing services for families in need, and conducting research to advance scientific knowledge.